Pneumatic tire.



No. 7152377. PATENTE'D MAR. 10, 1903.

J. G. MOOMY.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

APPLICATION IIL'ED JULY 19, 1902. no MODEL.

- forcing-strib b of rubber, either cured or raw,

' UNITED STATES JOSEPH G. MOOMY, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

EEIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,377, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed July 19 19 02- To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, JOSEPH G. MOOMY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Tires, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to pneumatic tires; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the tire; Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

A marks the outer wall orjacket of the tire; B, the air-tube. These are preferably formed together by vulcanization. The inner periphery of the cover A has the flap a, which is preferably not secured to the air-tube B. This is provided with the lace-hole a. A lace O is used for closing the cover along the slits. The opening may be continuous or only for a short distance, as desired, preferably only for short distances. Along the inner periphery of the air-tube there is a reinpreferably partially curedthat is, cured softer or left more nearlyin the raw state than the body of the tire. This reinforcing-strip Serial No. 116,200. (No model.)

should be of sufficient thickness to permit of the closing of the air-tube by an edge-toedge joint. In forming the tire this reinforcing-strip is preferably made in one piece.

When it is desired to repair the air-tube, this 3 5 reinforcing-strip is cut as indicated in Fig. 2 and the patch introduced through the opening so made. The edges of the reinforcingstrip are then cemented together, thus forming a complete closure.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a pneumatic tire, the combination of the outer cover A, having a flap a; the inner tube B, having the reinforcing-strip (9, formed of an integral piece of partly-cured rubber 45 Witnesses:

J. E. REED, U. G. YARD. 

